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December 1, 1947 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Notre Dame (58.5) Ind 8-0 1184 DNP
2 < 2 Michigan (54.5) Big Ten 9-0 1176 DNP
3 < 4 USC (2) PCC 7-0-1 836 DNP
4 < 3 SMU Southwest 9-0-1 745 T 19-19 A TCU
5 < 5 Penn State Ind 9-0 651 DNP
6 < 7 Texas (2) Southwest 9-1 565 W 32-13 A Texas A&M
7 < 6 Alabama SEC 8-2 531 W 21-6 A Miami (FL)
8 < 8 Penn Ind 7-0-1 473 W 21-0 H Cornell
9 < 9 Georgia Tech SEC 9-1 208 W 7-0 H Georgia
10 < 10 North Carolina (9) Southern 8-2 207 W 40-7 H Virginia
11 < 12 Army Ind 5-2-2 121 W 21-0 N Navy
12 < 15 Mississippi SEC 8-2 80 W 33-14 A Mississippi State
13 < 13 Kansas Big 6 8-0-2 64 W 54-28 A Arizona
13 < 14 William & Mary (3) Southern 9-1 64 W 35-0 A Richmond
15 < 11 California PCC 9-1 55 DNP
16 < NR NC State Southern 5-3-1 12 T 0-0 A Maryland
17 < 18 Rice Southwest 6-3-1 11 W 34-6 H Baylor
18 < 20 Oklahoma Big 6 7-2-1 10 W 21-13 H Oklahoma State
19 < 17 UCLA PCC 5-4 8 DNP
20 < NR Catawba Other 9-1 7 W 6-0 A Lenoir-Rhyne
RV < 16 Columbia Ind 6  
RV < NR Missouri Big 6 5  
RV < NR Kentucky SEC 4  
RV < NR Oregon PCC 4  
RV < NR Utah MSAC 4  
RV < 19 Minnesota Big Ten 3  
RV < NR New Hampshire Yankee 3 DNP
RV < NR Wesleyan Other 3  
RV < NR Illinois Big Ten 2  
RV < NR Tennessee SEC 2  
RV < NR Michigan State Ind 1  
RV < NR Muhlenberg Other 1  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 4 6.3 2429
Southwest 3 9.0 1321
SEC 3 9.3 819
PCC 3 12.3 899
Southern 3 13.0 283
Big 6 2 15.5 74
Big Ten 1 2.0 1176
Other 1 20.0 7

Notes

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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.